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River Flood Warning 10, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this river flood warning at May 27, 2014, 8:29 PM CDT for Jackson County, Wharton County, Texas. It took effect at May 27, 2014, 10:48 PM CDT. It was in force for 33 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 27, 2014, 8:29 PM CDT (01:29 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 27, 2014, 10:48 PM CDT
- Expired
- May 29, 2014, 7:36 AM CDT
- In force
- 33 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Houston/Galveston, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Jackson County, TX, Wharton County, TX
The radar
The Houston radar (KHGX), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The river
Written for the forecast point West Mustang Creek near Ganado (GNDT2).
- Action stage
- 9 ft
- Minor stage
- 20 ft
- Moderate stage
- 22 ft
- Major stage
- 24 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08164503, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this river flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Houston/Galveston, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at May 27, 6:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 27, 6:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HOUSTON/GALVESTON TX 549 AM CDT TUE MAY 27 2014 TXZ163-164-176>179-195>200-210>214-226-227-235>238-281100- AUSTIN-BRAZORIA-BRAZOS-BURLESON-CHAMBERS-COLORADO-FORT BEND- GALVESTON-GRIMES-HARRIS-HOUSTON-JACKSON-LIBERTY-MADISON-MATAGORDA- MONTGOMERY-POLK-SAN JACINTO-TRINITY-WALKER-WALLER-WASHINGTON- WHARTON- 549 AM CDT TUE MAY 27 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A LONG LINE OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PASS ACROSS THE REGION EARLY THIS MORNING...PUTTING DOWN AN INCH TO TWO INCHES ON ITS SOUTHEASTERN TREK TO THE COAST. ALBEIT HARD TO TIME...RAIN IS FORECAST TO RE-DEVELOP DURING THE DAY. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL... FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND OCCASIONAL WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TOTALS OF BETWEEN TWO TO FOUR INCHES LIKELY...WITH POSSIBLE ISOLATED TOTALS IN EXCESS OF 6 INCHES WHERE LARGER THUNDERSTORM CELLS SLOW OR TRAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY DISTURBANCES MOVING AROUND A NEAR STATIONARY NORTHERN TEXAS UPPER LOW WILL INDUCE PERIODS OF REGIONAL MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL THROUGH SATURDAY. DAILY...OR 24 HOUR...RAINFALL TOTALS WILL TYPICALLY RANGE FROM SLIGHTLY UNDER AN INCH TO NEAR TWO INCHES...WITH ISOLATED TWO TO FOUR INCH AMOUNTS. OTHER THAN THE FLOODING THREAT...DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS OF GREATER THAN 50 MPH IN GUST AND/OR AN ISOLATED WEAK TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT WITHIN THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM CELLS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS NEED TO BE ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OCCURRENCES THROUGH THE WEEK. GMZ330-335-350-355-370-375-281100- GALVESTON BAY-MATAGORDA BAY- WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL 20 NM TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM FREEPORT TO THE MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM HIGH ISLAND TO FREEPORT OUT 20 NM- 549 AM CDT TUE MAY 27 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT MODERATE ONSHORE WINDS THAT HAVE PROMPTED CAUTION FLAGS WILL OCCUR AHEAD OF A LINE OF CONVECTION TIMED TO REACH THE COAST SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE. THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE THAT THUNDERSTORMS COULD AFFECT THE LOCAL BAY AND NEARSHORE GULF WATERS THROUGH TONIGHT. HIGHLY VARIABLE WINDS AND SEAS WILL QUICKLY STRENGTHEN AND LIFT...RESPECTIVELY...IN THE VICINITY OF ANY MARITIME THUNDERSTORM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY PERIODS OF MARITIME MODERATE RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE LOCAL WATERS THROUGH FRIDAY OR SATURDAY. MARINERS NEED TO BE ALERT TO ANY VICINITY STORM AS WINDS AND SEAS WILL QUICKLY STRENGTHEN AND BECOME ROUGH...RESPECTIVELY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... MARITIME INTERESTS NEED TO BE AWARE OF THE FORECAST...OR FREQUENTLY MONITOR RADAR...TO ENSURE WATER SAFETY OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 27, 5:25 PM CDT, 3 hours 4 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 7:49 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Polk, Trinity | 116 min |
| May 28, 12:10 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Washington | 65 min |
| May 28, 2:42 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Harris | 93 min |
| May 28, 2:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Harris, Montgomery | 40 min |
| May 28, 2:57 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Galveston, Harris, Montgomery, Waller | 2 hr |
| May 28, 3:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Chambers | 83 min |
| May 28, 3:47 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 58 min | |
| May 28, 3:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Montgomery | 58 min |
| May 28, 3:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Fort Bend, Harris, Montgomery, Waller | 3 hr |
| May 28, 4:05 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | HGX | Harris | 32 hr |
| May 28, 4:44 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 2 hr | |
| May 28, 4:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Chambers, Galveston, Matagorda | 61 min |
| May 28, 4:50 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Liberty | 115 min |
| May 28, 5:00 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | HGX | Harris | 35 hr |
| May 28, 5:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Chambers, Galveston, Matagorda | 46 min |
| May 28, 6:38 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | HGX | Harris | 3 hr |
| May 28, 6:38 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | HGX | Harris, Montgomery | 20 hr |
| May 28, 6:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Brazoria | 49 min |
| May 28, 6:50 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 55 min | |
| May 28, 7:06 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Harris | 114 min |
| May 28, 7:22 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | HGX | Harris, Montgomery | 72 hr |
| May 28, 7:48 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | HGX | Brazoria, Fort Bend, Matagorda, Wharton | 117 min |
| May 28, 7:50 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 40 min | |
| May 28, 9:16 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | HGX | Fort Bend, Harris | 4 days |
| May 28, 9:24 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | HGX | Brazoria, Fort Bend, Matagorda, Wharton | 3 hr |
| May 28, 9:52 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | HGX | Brazoria | 6 days |
| May 28, 10:42 AM CDT | Special Marine Warning | HGX | 63 min | |
| May 28, 4:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Brazoria | 22 min |
| May 28, 5:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | HGX | Brazoria, Galveston | 38 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.